Hľadanie: Land of Moors and Dales (Exploring the British Isles) EN

From the #1 bestselling author of The Historian comes a mesmerizing novel that spans the past and the present—and unearths the troubled history of a gorgeous but haunted country. A young American woman, Alexandra Boyd, has traveled to Sofia, Bulgaria, hoping that life abroad will salve the wounds left by the loss of her beloved brother. Soon after arriving in this elegant East European city, however, she helps an elderly couple into a taxi—and realizes too late that she has accidentally kept one of their bags. Inside she finds an ornately carved wooden box engraved with a name: Stoyan Lazarov. Raising the hinged lid, she discovers that she is holding an urn filled with human ashes. As Alexandra sets out to locate the family and return this precious item, she will first have to uncover the secrets of a talented musician who was shattered by political oppression—and she will find out all too quickly that this knowledge is fraught with its own danger. Elizabeth Kostova’s new novel is a tale of immense scope that delves into the horrors of a century and traverses the culture and landscape of this mysterious country. Suspenseful and beautifully written, it explores the power of stories, the pull of the past, and the hope and meaning that can sometimes be found in the aftermath of loss. Advance praise for The Shadow Land “In The Shadow Land, Elizabeth Kostova, a master storyteller, brings vividly to life an unfamiliar country—Bulgaria—and a painful history that feels particularly relevant now. You won’t want to put down this remarkable book.”—Claire Messud, author of The Woman Upstairs “In this brilliant work, what appears at first a minor mystery quickly becomes emblematic of a whole country’s hidden history. Lyrical and compelling, The Shadow Land proves a profound meditation on how evil is inflicted, endured, and, through courage and compassion, defeated. Elizabeth Kostova’s third novel clearly establishes her as one of America’s finest writers.”—Ron Rash, author of The Risen “The Shadow Land is thrilling, and not just as a gripping tale. It’s also thrilling to watch such a talented writer cast her spell. The central character actually begins this deft novel in an urn, only to emerge as one of the most memorable characters I’ve encountered in a long time.”—Richard Russo, author of Everybody’s Fool “Transporting . . . draws us into Bulgarian history and character revelation like an elegant, mysterious labyrinth. Page-turning, evocative, and richly imagined.”—Dominic Smith, author of The Last Painting of Sara de Vos Praise for Elizabeth Kostova’s The Historian “Quite extraordinary . . . Kostova is a natural storyteller. . . . She has refashioned the vampire myth into a compelling contemporary novel, a late-night page-turner.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Hypnotic . . . a thrill ride through history.”—The Denver Post “Part thriller, part history, part romance . . . Kostova has a keen sense of storytelling and she has a marvelous story to tell.”—Baltimore Sun Praise for The Swan Thieves “Exquisite.”—The Boston Globe “Engrossing.”—O: The Oprah Magazine “Stunning . . . A beautifully written tale of art, love and an obsession triggered by both.”—Associated Press.

Leonard and Rosemary Cannon summon their middle-aged offspring, along with partners and children, to the family home in the Welsh Marches for the Christmas holiday. As the gathered family settle in to their first Christmas together for some years, the grown siblings - Rodney, Jonny and Gwen - are surprised when they are invited to each put stickers on the furniture and items they wish to inherit from their parents. "Disputed Land" is narrated by Leonard and Rosemary's thirteen-year-old grandson, Theo, who observes how from these innocent beginnings age-old fissures open up in the relationships of those around him. Looking back at this Christmas gathering from his own middle-age - a narrator at once nostalgic and naive - Theo Cannon remembers his imperious grandmother Rosemary, alpha-male uncle Jonny, abominable twin cousins Xan and Baz; he recalls his love for his grandfather Leonard and the burgeoning feelings for his cousin Holly. And he asks himself the question: if a single family cannot solve the problem of what it bequeaths to future generations, then what chance does a whole society have of leaving the world intact?

Within every woman there is a wild and natural creature, a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. Her name is Wild Woman, but she is an endangered species. Though the gifts of wildish nature come to us at birth, society's attempt to "civilize" us into rigid roles has plundered this treasure, and muffled the deep, life-giving messages of our own souls. Without Wild Woman, we become over-domesticated, fearful, uncreative, trapped. Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D., Jungian analyst and cantadora storyteller, shows how woman's vitality can be restored through what she calls "psychic archeological digs" into the bins of the female unconscious. In Women Who Run with the Wolves, Dr. Estes uses multicultural myths, fairy tales, folk tales, and stories chosen from over twenty years of research that help women reconnect with the healthy, instinctual, visionary attributes of the Wild Woman archetype. Dr. Estes collects the bones of many stories, looking for the archetypal motifs that set a woman's inner life into motion. "La Loba" teaches about the transformative function of the psyche. In "Bluebeard," we learn what to do with wounds that will not heal; in "Skeleton Woman," we glimpse the mystical power of relationship and how dead feelings can be revived; "Vasalisa the Wise" brings our lost womanly instincts to the surface again; "The Handless Maiden" recovers the Wild Woman initiation rites; and "The Little Match Girl" warns against the insidious dangers of a life spent in fantasy. In these and other stories, we focus on the many qualities of Wild Woman. We retrieve, examine, love, and understand her, and hold her against our deep psyches as one whois both magic and medicine. In Women Who Run with the Wolves, Dr. Estes has created a new lexicon for describing the female psyche. Fertile and lifegiving, it is a psychology of women in the truest sense, a knowing of the soul.

Dvadsaťosemročná Stephanie Landová snívala o štúdiu na univerzite. Jej sen sa však rýchlo rozplynie, keď v lete zistí, že je tehotná. Krátko nato ju opustí otec dieťaťa a ona zostáva na všetko sama. Aby prežila a zabezpečila svojej dcérke najzákladnejšie potreby, musí vziať aj najpodradnejšiu prácu. Slúžka je emocionálne drsná, majstrovsky napísaná výpoveď o autentických rokoch, ktoré autorka prežila ako upratovačka v službách pre americkú vyššiu strednú vrstvu. Upratovačka v tomto zmysle znamenalo byť „neviditeľná ako duch“, byť tichým svedkom úspechov, tragédií a najhlbších tajomstiev svojich klientov, no súčasne byť prehliadaným, niekedy ponižovaným, no hlavne ignorovaným človekom. Pritom sa však snaží vyhrabať zo svojej sociálnej mizérie, bojovať o svoju ľudskosť a dostať sa na štúdium na vysokej škole. Je to dielo o tom, ako človek dokáže vďaka svojej nezdolnej húževnatosti prekonať príkoria života na potravinových lístkoch, podporných sociálnych programoch, ale prekonať aj odcudzenosť svojich najbližších. Nad všetko ostatné je príbeh Stephanie Landovej obrazom odvrátenej strany tzv. amerického sna, kde byť chudobným znamená byť poznačeným stigmou.

This comprehensive and authoritative dictionary provides clear definitions of units, prefixes, and styles of weights and measures within the Systeme International (SI), as well as traditional, and industry-specific units. It also includes general historical and scientific background, covering the development of the sequential definitions and sizing of units. This new reference work will prove invaluable to professional scientists, engineers, technicians as well as to students and the general user. * Over 1,600 clear and concise entries complete with historical background * Covers a broad range of disciplines, including astronomy, electromagnetics, geology, photography, mathematics, meteorology, physics, and temperature * Notes on associated terminology * Numerous tables, including the geochronologic scale and the equation of time * Comprehensive coverage of the whole Systeme International

In a land trapped by fate, only courage can re-write the future. In the magical village of Everspring, everyone receives a fate card before their twelfth birthday, sent down from the mysterious Mount Never. It tells them their purpose, their profession and how old they'll be when they die. Nearly 12-year-old Ember Shadows has always believed she is destined for great things. But when her fate card arrives, it's blank. What does that mean? Then, worse still, her sister's card decrees she will die before her next birthday. No way is Ember's going to let that happen. Determined to challenge what - or who - is responsible for these cards, Ember sets off up the mountain, a place no one is allowed to go. She encounters forbidden realms full of magic, trickery and curious creatures. In a thrilling race through a magical landscape, Ember Shadows must uncover the secret behind the fate cards in order to save her sister ... But will Ember like what she finds at the top of the mountain? With hints of Alice in Wonderland, shades of The Phantom Tollbooth and echoes of Pixar's Inside Out, this a thrilling, warm-hearted race through magical realms, a classic magical adventure, beautifully illustrated throughout.

'A science fiction genius . . . Ted Chiang is a superstar.' GUARDIAN With Stories of Your Life and Others, his masterful first collection, multiple-award-winning author Ted Chiang deftly blends human emotion and scientific rationalism in eight remarkably diverse stories, all told in his trademark precise and evocative prose. From a soaring Babylonian tower that connects a flat Earth with the firmament above, to a world where angelic visitations are a wondrous and terrifying part of everyday life; from a neural modification that eliminates the appeal of physical beauty, to an alien language that challenges our very perception of time and reality, Chiang's rigorously imagined fantasias invite us to question our understanding of the universe and our place in it. 'United by a humane intelligence that speaks very directly to the reader, and makes us experience each story with immediacy and Chiang's calm passion.' CHINA MIEVILLE

The tie-in edition to the star-studded blockbuster movie. Competition will drive him. But power has its price.It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmanoeuvre his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute.The odds are against him. He's been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low. Their fates are now completely intertwined - every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favour or failure, triumph or ruin.Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outside the arena, Coriolanus starts to feel for his doomed tribute... and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to survive no matter what it takes.The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is set to be the biggest movie of 2023. Three books, four films and one worldwide phenomenon, the original Hunger Games trilogy changed the face of global YA. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes was a global number one hit in hardback.

Sborník textů z 1. mezinárodního pražského platónského symposia, konaného v Praze ve dnech 4.–5. 4. 1997.

A brilliantly wide-ranging essay collection from the author of My Struggle, spanning literature, philosophy, art and how our daily and creative lives intertwine. In the Land of the Cyclops is Karl Ove Knausgaard's first collection of essays to be published in English, and these brilliant and wide-ranging pieces meditate on themes familiar from his groundbreaking fiction. Here, Knausgaard discusses Madame Bovary, the Northern Lights, Ingmar Bergman, and the work of an array of writers and visual artists, including Knut Hamsun, Michel Houellebecq, Anselm Kiefer and Cindy Sherman. These essays beautifully capture Knausgaard's ability to mediate between the deeply personal and the universal, demonstrating his trademark self-scrutiny and his deep longing to authentically see, understand, and experience the world.

KDO: Britská rocková skupina, která se zformovala v roce 2000 v přímořském městečku Lowestoft severovýchodně od Londýna. Proslavila se debutovou deskou Permission To Land z roku 2003, za kterou obdržela hned tři ceny Broit Awards. Album nabízí kombinaci glam rocku a heavy metalu a jen v Anglii se ho prodalo takřka 1,5 milionu kopií. CO: Zásadní desce britského metalu je dvacet let. The Darkness si vydání debutu, za který obdrželi tři sošky Brit Awards, připomínají nejen slavnostní rozšířenou reedicí. K dispozici je i originální nahrávka na klasickém nebo modrém LP. LP1 1. Black Shuck [03:20] 2. Get Your Hands off My Woman [02:46] 3. Growing on Me [03:29] 4. I Believe in a Thing Called Love [03:36] 5. Love Is Only a Feeling [04:19] 6. Givin' Up [03:34] 7. Stuck in a Rut [03:17] 8. Friday Night [02:56] 9. Love on the Rocks with No Ice [05:56] 10. Holding My Own [04:55]

A sumptuous clothbound compendium of modern Mexican ephemera from postage stamps to tourist guides A Chicago Tribune 2021 holiday gift guide pick This volume gathers a surprising and engaging sampling of 350 pieces of printed matter: material that circulated between the 1910s and the 1960s, with print runs of anywhere from a thousand to tens of thousands of copies. These ephemeral, utilitarian publications--many created by well-known artists and designers--flooded streets, newspaper stands, bookshops and homes, with the common aim of disseminating an idealized image of what is considered typically Mexican. Drawn from private collections and the holdings of museums, with no claim to completeness, the material in Mexico: The Land of Charm ranges in size from stamps to posters, and includes material such as books, illustrated magazines, photography magazines, songbooks and musical scores, almanacs and calendars, tourist guides and maps. The result is impressive, in terms of both individual examples and the collection as a whole: these images are now a part of Mexican history. Artists and designers include: José Espert Arcos, Ernesto García Cabral, Jean Charlot, Francisco Díaz de León, Carlos Neve, Mariano Martínez, Carlos Mérida, Diego Rivera, Saturino Herrán, Emily Edwards and Zita Canessi.

KDO: A Flock Of Seagulls byli novovlnná skupina aktivní v letech 1979 až 1985. Skupinu založil v Liverpoolu Martin Score společně se svým bratrem Alim. Na krátkou dobu ještě skupina obnovila činnost v letech 2003-2004. CO: V rámci kampaně RSD 2023 vychází vinyl s raritními nahrávkami skupiny. LP 1. A1 Factory Music 2. A2 Tanglimara 3. A3 Intro 4. A4 Pick Me Up 5. A5 Windows 6. A6 (It's Not Me) Talking 7. B1 Modern Love Is Automatic (Single Edit) 8. B2 I Ran (So Far Away) (Single Version) 9. B3 Space Age Love Song (Single Edit) 10. B4 (It's Not Me) Talking (Remix) 11. B5 (It's Not Me) Talking (Instrumental) 12. B6 I Ran (12" Mix)

KDO: Britskou pop rockovou skupinu Mike And The Mechanics zformoval v roce 1985 Mike Rutherford. Zakládající člen Genesis do kapely přizval třeba zpěváka Paula Younga, bubeníka Petera Van Hookea (Van Morrison, Tanita Tikaram) či zpěváka a multiinstrumentalistu Paula Carracka (Roxy Music, Roger Waters). V druhé polovině osmdesátých a první půlce devadesátých let kapela natočila několik ceněných alb, také u nás ji proslavily singly All I Need Is A Miracle, The Living Years a především Over My Shoulder. CO: Album Out Of The Blue přináší nově natočené starší sklady skupiny s novým zpěvákem Andrew Roachfordem, který v kapele působí od roku 2009, i zcela nové skladby, a vychází dva roky od předchozího alba Let Me Fly. CD 1. One Way 2. Out of the Blue 3. What Would You Do 4. The Living Years 5. Beggar on a Beach of Gold 6. Get Up 7. Another Cup of Coffee 8. All I Need Is a Miracle 9. Silent Running 10. Over My Shoulder 11. Word of Mouth

KDO: Britskou pop rockovou skupinu Mike And The Mechanics zformoval v roce 1985 Mike Rutherford. Zakládající člen Genesis do kapely přizval třeba zpěváka Paula Younga, bubeníka Petera Van Hookea (Van Morrison, Tanita Tikaram) či zpěváka a multiinstrumentalistu Paula Carracka (Roxy Music, Roger Waters). V druhé polovině osmdesátých a první půlce devadesátých let kapela natočila několik ceněných alb, také u nás ji proslavily singly All I Need Is A Miracle, The Living Years a především Over My Shoulder. CO: Album Out Of The Blue přináší nově natočené starší sklady skupiny s novým zpěvákem Andrew Roachfordem, který v kapele působí od roku 2009, i zcela nové skladby, a vychází dva roky od předchozího alba Let Me Fly. 2CD CD1 1. One Way 2. Out of the Blue 3. What Would You Do 4. The Living Years 5. Beggar on a Beach of Gold 6. Get Up 7. Another Cup of Coffee 8. All I Need Is a Miracle 9. Silent Running 10. Over My Shoulder 11. Word of Mouth CD2 1. Don't Know What Came Over Me (Acoustic) 2. The Best Is Yet to Come (Acoustic) 3. The Living Years (Acoustic) 4. Beggar on a Beach of Gold (Acoustic) 5. Another Cup of Coffee (Acoustic) 6. Over My Shoulder (Acoustic)

Krehkú nádheru severovýchodného cípu Slovenska na hranici s Poľskom v okolí Dunajca, jedinečnosť rieky i jej okolia zachytáva objektív skúseného fotografa a znalca fauny i flóry Ivora Mihála slovný komentár profesionálneho prírodovedca a ochranára Štefana Danka prezrádza množstvo zaujímavostí o prírode a unikátnych pamiatkach. Navštívte legendami opradený Červený kláštor, prevezte sa na plti malebným prielomom Dunajca, vyštverajte sa do príkrych roklín Haligovských skál a nazrite na miesta, kam sa bežný turista nedostane, a objavte skutočné poklady pieninskej prírody... Kniha obsahuje množstvo unikátnych fotografií miestnej fauny. Mnohé zábery sú už historické a zvečňujú zaniknutú krásu niektorých zákutí. Celá kniha je dvojjazyčná so slovenským aj anglickým textom!

KDO: Legendární bubeník Mick Fleetwood, spoluzakladatel skupiny Fleetwood Mac, a jeho přátelé z první ligy světové populární hudby Billy Gibbons, David Gilmour, Pete Townshend, John Mayall, Christine McVie, Zak Starkey, Steven Tyler, Bill Wyman, Noel Gallagher, Pete Townshend, Neil Finn, Kirk Hammett a Jeremy Spencer. CO: Album je záznamem unikátního koncertu, na kterém byla vzdána pocta legendárnímu kytaristovi, a rovněž druhému spoluzakladateli Fleetwood Mac, Peteru Greenovi a rané tvorbě této kapely, která se hluboce vepsala do dějin populární hudby. 2CD+BD BD: 1. Rolling Man (Live from The London Palladium) 2. Homework (Live from The London Palladium) 3. Doctor Brown (Live from The London Palladium) 4. All Your Love (Live from The London Palladium) 5. Rattlesnake Shake (Live from The London Palladium) 6. Stop Messin' Round (Live from The London Palladium) 7. Looking for Somebody (Live from The London Palladium) 8. Sandy Mary (Live from The London Palladium) 9. Love That Burns (Live from The London Palladium) 10. The World Keep On Turning (Live from The London Palladium) 11. Like Crying (Live from The London Palladium) 12. No Place to Go (Live from The London Palladium) 13. Station Man (Live from The London Palladium) 14. Man of the World (Live from The London Palladium) 15. Oh Well (Pt. 1) (Live from The London Palladium) 16. Oh Well (Pt. 2) (Live from The London Palladium) 17. Need Your Love so Bad (Live from The London Palladium) 18. Black Magic Woman (Live from The London Palladium) 19. The Sky Is Crying (Live from The London Palladium) 20. I Can't Hold Out (Live from The London Palladium) 21. The Green Manalishi (the Two Prong Crown) [Live from The London Palladium] 22. Albatross (Live from The London Palladium) 23. Shake Your Money Maker (Live from The London Palladium) CD1: 1. Rolling Man (Live from The London Palladium) 2. Homework (Live from The London Palladium) 3. Doctor Brown (Live from The London Palladium) 4. All Your Love (Live from The London Palladium) 5. Rattlesnake Shake (Live from The London Palladium) 6. Stop Messin' Round (Live from The London Palladium) 7. Looking for Somebody (Live from The London Palladium) 8. Sandy Mary (Live from The London Palladium) 9. Love That Burns (Live from The London Palladium) 10. The World Keep On Turning (Live from The London Palladium) 11. Like Crying (Live from The London Palladium) 12. No Place to Go (Live from The London Palladium) 13. Station Man (Live from The London Palladium) CD2: 1. Man of the World (Live from The London Palladium) 2. Oh Well (Pt 1) (Live from The London Palladium) 3. Oh Well (Pt. 2) (Live from The London Palladium) 4. Need Your Love so Bad (Live from The London Palladium) 5. Black Magic Woman (Live from The London Palladium) 6. The Sky Is Crying (Live from The London Palladium) 7. I Can't Hold Out (Live from The London Palladium) 8. The Green Manalishi (the Two Prong Crown) [Live from The London Palladium] 9. Albatross (Live from The London Palladium) 10. Shake Your Money Maker (Live from The London Palladium)

KDO: Marina Lambrini Diamandis, známá mononymně jako Marina či pod jménem Marina and the Diamonds, je velšská zpěvačka, skladatelka a producentka řeckého původu. Její debutové studiové album, The Family Jewels z roku 2010), bylo spojnicí indie popu a progresivních hudebních žánrů. V britské hitparádě dosáhlo na pátou příčku a získalo zlatou desku. Její následná nahrávka Electra Heart (2012), která zvukově inklinovala více k electro popu, je koncepčním albem o postavě stejného jména. A v britské hitparádě dosáhlo až na první příčku. Třetí studiové album Froot (2015), které bylo inspirováno synth popem, bylo jejím třetím vstupem do britské Top 10 a současně se prosadilo v americké Top 200 Billboard Chart. CO: Páté studiové album zpěvačky. CD1: 1. Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land [03:26] 2. Venus Fly Trap 3. Man's World [03:28] 4. Purge The Poison [03:16] 5. Highly Emotional People 6. New America 7. Pandora's Box 8. I Love You But I Love Me More 9. Flowers 10. Goodbye

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile cloth and stamped with foil. Drifters in search of work, George and his childlike friend Lennie have nothing in the world except the clothes on their back - and a dream that one day they will have some land of their own. Eventually they find work on a ranch in California's Salinas Valley, but their hopes are dashed as Lennie becomes a victim of his own strength. Tackling universal themes of friendship and shared vision, and giving a voice to America's lonely and dispossessed, Of Mice and Men remains Steinbeck's most popular work, achieving success as a novel, Broadway play and three acclaimed films.